Eligible clients included those who previously chose a compensation lump sum instead of periodic payments.

Clients that were eligible more than once, for example receiving both income support and compensation, were only entitled to one EAP. However, double payments were only recovered if made as a result of fraud.

Rates of Energy Assistance Payment

Eligible recipients were paid their EAP on 3 July 2017. Top-ups and retrospective payments are to be made when necessary.

If a client's primary payment was compensation, they received $75.00.

If a client's primary payment was income support (and they received no compensation), they received $75.00 (single), or $62.50 (each member of a couple).

Top up payments of Energy Assistance Payment

A person was eligible for a top-up amount of $12.50, for example:

where a person received an [insert glossary term: energy assistance payment] (EAP) at the partnered rate ($62.50), but was later assessed to be ‘single’ on 20 June 2017; or

where a person received an [insert glossary term: energy assistance payment] (EAP) at the income support rate for partnered persons ($62.50), but later had an accepted claim for compensation backdated to encompass 20 June 2017.

An Australian resident is a person who:

resides in Australia; and

is one of the following:

an Australian citizen;

the holder of a permanent visa;

the holder of a special category visa who is likely to remain permanently in Australia;

the holder of a special purpose visa who is likely to remain permanently in Australia.

About CLIK

The Consolidated Library of Information and Knowledge (CLIK) contains all the legislative, policy and reference material used by DVA staff in providing service to the clients of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

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Important legislative change

As a result of this legislative change, the Department is updating its published information, including hardcopy and website content, as well as CLIK. While this process is well underway, it will take some time before all changes are complete. In the meantime, references within CLIK to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 or SRCA should now generally be understood to be references to the new DRCA (with the exception of intended historical references to SRCA). It is important to note that the same provision references (i.e., sections, subsections and paragraphs) from the SRCA have been retained in the DRCA.